If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Taylor Ave Underpass

If Park Avenue () construction was an annoyance, this one is going to be a TON of fun with the start of the school year and all Fall...those West drop-offs going to be SO MUCH FUN!

The Taylor Avenue Underpass will be closed beginning Monday, August 13. Take note that the Underpass will be closed to both pedestrian and vehicular traffic throughout the duration.

"Construction of the Taylor Avenue Pedestrian Tunnel project, located approximately a half mile east of downtown Glen Ellyn’s Central Business District, is anticipated to begin in late August. The project, located on the east side of Taylor Avenue at the existing underpass of the Union Pacific Railroad West Line, will create a grade-separated pedestrian crossing of the railroad for safer and enhanced bicycle and pedestrian accommodation. Additionally, it will improve vehicular maneuverability through the existing underpass by removing the sidewalk and maximizing the roadway width. This element is particularly relevant for access of public safety vehicles.Construction is expected to take approximately four months and is anticipated to be complete by then end of 2018. As a result, full closure of the existing tunnel will be required through the duration of the project with detour routes posted to route traffic around the work site."

gee, you think it would have made more sense to do this over the summer.....

Railroads don't give a **** about anybody else's schedule. I've no inside knowledge on this project, but I'll give 5-1 odds on the railroad being the main reason this is happening at a stupid time of year.

Sorry, I have to bring this up again, because the thought process here just boggles my mind.

All thi$ work being done and they couldn't have made it two lane$? What a wa$te of money. This project $hould never have taken place for just a walking tunnel. It $hould have been for a $econd lane and walking tunnel. What a half a$$ed project. It i$ like having quadruple bypa$$ $urgery and only cleaning up 2 of the 4 arterie$ into the heart. "We are gonna Spend all this money opening you up and only fix half the problem."

Sorry, I have to bring this up again, because the thought process here just boggles my mind.

All thi$ work being done and they couldn't have made it two lane$? What a wa$te of money. This project $hould never have taken place for just a walking tunnel. It $hould have been for a $econd lane and walking tunnel. What a half a$$ed project. It i$ like having quadruple bypa$$ $urgery and only cleaning up 2 of the 4 arterie$ into the heart. "We are gonna Spend all this money opening you up and only fix half the problem."

/back to the music thread.

I'm going to assume you've never done any railroad engineering before... It's not as easy as it looks, to put 2 lanes in would not only of cost a fortune, but required more than twice the work and someone would probably lose their home.

To tag on to what I said above. Right now the underpass is only one "axle load" wide (less than distance between axles). If they were to widen it, they have a lot more load on that bridge. It changes the way it's rated, inspected, blah blah blah.